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Showing 1 to 20 of 109 for “"school contexts"”.
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Changing the Narrative: Student Empowerment in Unequal School Contexts
… trajectories of students who attend high-poverty schools are not the same as youth who attend schools with greater resources (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2013; Taylor, 2005). In this dissertation, I provide a brief background on current rates of disproportionality in education …
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Identities in Transition: theorising race and multicultural success in school contexts in Britain
The field of race and schooling has now turned its focus on success. This study seeks to further that project by answering the following questions: I. What is the state of contemporary blackness? 2. How is race hand led in successful sc hool contexts? The study, therefore , begins with a review of …
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FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN PRIMARY EDUCATION IN ENGLAND: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC CASE STUDY OF THREE SCHOOL CONTEXTS
… time in England, became statutory in primary schools. Furthermore, it took place during a timeframe of rapid change at all levels of education, which has had an effect on the translation of policy to practice. Data collection took place in two phases. In Phase One, an initial PFL practice …
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Digital literacy practices of three high school learners across home and school contexts: challenges and opportunities
… the literacy practices of three high school learners both in and out of the classroom. The study focuses on the role digital devices play in their literacy practices at home and at their school in the southern suburbs of Cape Town. The study focuses on how different learners, their …
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THE BRAID OF TEACHING: Exploring the weave of elementary school contexts in an Appalachian school district
This dissertation examines how elementary school teachers in a small rural district set between two state universities talked about the contextual elements that interacted with their teaching roles. The school district served a predominantly European American population, socio-economic ranging from …
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Nobody's Ever Asked Me That Before: Middle School Students Talk about Motivation to Achieve in School Contexts
… or not a connection exists between students' school contexts and their academic and social choices by listening to the voices of first year middle school students. The intent of this study was to provide teachers with a way to reconceptualize adolescents as learners. Research suggests that …
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Finding community: A multilevel analysis of school belonging and peer relationships in the neighborhood and school contexts
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2023-12-01
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Readiness and Relationships across the Transition to School: Children’s Experiences and Interactions between Home and School Contexts
Starting primary school is a significant milestone that brings opportunities and challenges for children, their families, and their teachers. Children vary significantly in their ability to adapt into the classroom environment, and intervention efforts require greater understanding of the malleable …
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Essays on understanding post-secondary preparation and matriculation of high school students relative to differential public school contexts
… of three essays in which I demonstrate that high school contexts are related to the postsecondary preparation, entrance, and matriculation of high school students, particularly for underrepresented populations. My inquiry utilizes comprehensive state longitudinal data, nationally representative …
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Critical Approaches to Digital Video Composition and Media Literacy in Preservice Teacher and High School Contexts: Understanding Students’ Perspectives
… digital literacies are imperative in K-12 contexts. </p> <p>The second manuscript employs a similar approach to the methods and content of the first manuscript, studying high school students’ responses to the same critical digital video project in the context of a Media Literacy course. …
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The Effect of Neighborhood and School Contexts During Early and Late Adolescence On Racial Disparities In Body Mass Index and Depressive Symptoms Among Students Attending Selective Universities
… to predominantly minority neighborhoods or schools, as measured by percent black and Hispanic, and exposure to school disorder and violence during early and late adolescence, influences body mass index (BMI) and depressive symptoms, respectively, among students in their junior year of …
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Breathing Coloniality: An ethnographic case study of language and literacy ideologies and colonial power relations in the positioning and development of 1st generation black children's learning experiences in and outside school contexts
… black children's attending English medium schools positioning and family language planning. I draw on the theoretical framework of [de]coloniality with a particular focus on coloniality of power and the colonial matrix of power in post-colonial South African education and society. I …
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A Narrative Case Study Exploring The Preparation Experiences of Novice Teachers In Urban Elementary Schools
… success inside the classroom. Students in urban schools experience a greater number of inexperienced or qualified teachers than their peers, which has and currently is creating a social justice crisis in our nation. The reality of staff shortages and the amount of teacher attrition is extremely …
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Early career physical educators' perspectives on learning to teach in urban schools
… perspectives on learning to teach in urban schools. Using occupational socialization theory (Lawson, 1983a, 1983b; Lortie, 1975) and cultural relevance theory (Flory & McCaughtry, 2011), I studied three early-career physical education teachers who taught in urban schools but did not grow up …
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Primary teachers' recontextualization of a curriculum innovation in Uganda
… approach prescribed for teaching primary school science by Uganda's official curriculum. It describes how sixteen teachers, located in eight primary schools, interpret and enact the pedagogic prescriptions of the problem solving approach. The study further explores the extent to which …
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Foreign language teaching: A tale of two technical cultures
… investigated how the social organizations of schools affects and is affected by the social organizational structures within which teachers find themselves: in essence, how teachers shaped their reality. In particular this investigation was concerned with high school foreign language teachers' …
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Spirituality in principal leadership and its influence on teachers and teaching
… to my professional background as a primary school teacher, lecturer in teacher education, and because of who I am as a Christian. The focus of my research inquiry was, ‘What might the phenomenon of spirituality in principal leadership and its influence on teachers and teaching be perceived …
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Out-of-school literacy practices - the case of Sesotho-speaking learners in Cape Town
This study investigates the out-of-school multilingual literacy practices of four Grade Seven learners aged between 13 and 14 years at Lehlohonolo Primary School (henceforth LPS) in Gugulethu, Cape Town. They come from lower-income Sesotho speaking households and live in residential areas where …
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EQUITY AGENTS: CREATING AN INNOVATIVE LEARNING CULTURE WITH FOREIGN TEACHERS AND LĂOSHĪ 老师 WITHIN AN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Educators within international school contexts are proponents of equity and believe that they listen to and advocate for the local teaching assistants, aides, and staff. However, issues of power, organizational structures, and lack of sociocultural knowledge and awareness create divides between the …
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Esclerose tuberosa: buscando a melhoria de vida para o indivíduo e sua família
… analysis of the importance of social, family and school contexts to occur the process of learning and improvement of life of people with tuberous sclerosis. From this study, it was noted the importance of increasing knowledge about the syndrome in order to treat the person the most appropriate …
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